Day #324 Promoting Cycling

Window on Winter

I don't just want to cycle the Trans Canada Trail. I also want to make seniors like myself aware of the ease and benefits of cycling.
However, at the same time, I'm hoping to bring attention to the Canadian government of the importance of encouraging more people to cycle: cycling to work, to the store, to Grandma's house.
The Canadian government should/must do all in its power to promote cycling as a climate-change solution.
They should be offering a tax credit to bicycle commuters similar to that offered to public transit users.
Cyclists would be required to have their employer verify that they commute to work by bicycle, and would then be given a credit based on the value of the C02 emissions they would have released into the atmosphere had they driven a car to work.
Of course, electric cars are also an option, and so are those little electric carts or scooters that many people use nowadays (like a hibrid trike/wheelchair).
As I've mentioned before, there are electric power packs for bikes, too, for those who would find the hills too hard.
Look at the gulf carts. I believe they are very efficient so lets grow from there.
We have the technology but not yet the incentive.
Are you motivated?
Karen